Editing Crescent Springs, Kentucky

{{redirect|Crescent Springs|the community in Oklahoma|Crescent Springs, Oklahoma}}
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| official_name      = Crescent Springs, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]
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| map_caption        = Location of Crescent Springs in Kenton County, Kentucky.
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Kenton County, Kentucky|Kenton]]
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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Mike Daugherty<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hornbeck |first1=Kenton |title=Here's who won elections in Kenton County |url=https://linknky.com/elections/2022/11/09/heres-who-won-elections-in-kenton-county/ |access-date=19 September 2023 |publisher=LINK nky |date=9 November 2022}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2     = 3.92
| area_land_km2      = 3.87
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.49
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.02

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 4319
| population_density_km2 = 1115.97
| population_density_sq_mi = 2890.90

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| elevation_ft       = 804
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 41017
| area_code          = [[Area code 859|859]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-18352
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2404151<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404151}}</ref>
| website            = [http://www.crescent-springs.ky.us crescent-springs.ky.us]
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| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 4450
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'''Crescent Springs''' is a [[list of Kentucky cities|home rule-class city]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klc.org/UserFiles/files/ClassificationReformFACT(3).pdf |title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform |publisher=Kentucky League of Cities |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> in [[Kenton County, Kentucky|Kenton County]], [[Kentucky]], [[United States]]. The population was 4,319 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==History==
Originally a stop on the [[Cincinnati Southern Railroad]], the name Crescent Springs could refer to either the shape of the tracks crossing through the community or to [[New Orleans]]'s nickname "the Crescent City" after its shape beside the [[Mississippi River]]. (New Orleans was the southern terminus of the Cincinnati Southern, from which it was sometimes known as the "[[Queen and Crescent Route|Queen and Crescent Railroad]]".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&dq=cannon+ky&pg=PA72 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=72}}</ref>)

In 1930, the [[International Labor Defense]] alleged that Crescent Springs was a [[sundown town]] where African Americans were not allowed to reside.<ref>{{cite news|title=To Protest Eviction: International Labor Defense Plans Mass Meeting Friday Night|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|publisher=Scripps-Howard Newspapers|volume=99|issue=87|date=April 11, 1930|page=1|via=NewsBank|quote=The Labor Defense believes the Negro innocent of the crime and that he was 'framed' for daring to go thru Crescent Springs, Ky., where, according to the Labor Defense, Negroes are not allowed to live.}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1960 = 946
| 1970 = 1662
| 1980 = 1944
| 1990 = 2179
| 2000 = 3931
| 2010 = 3801
| 2020 = 4319
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 4450
| estref = <ref name="auto"/>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,931 people, 1,638 households, and 1,020 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,741.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,760 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,227.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.80% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.78% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.89% of the population.

There were 1,638 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,429, and the median income for a family was $50,573. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $30,708 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $24,891. About 5.2% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.crescent-springs.ky.us/  City of Crescent Springs Official Website]
* [http://www.nkyviews.com/kenton/kenton.htm Historical Texts and Images of Crescent Springs, Kentucky]

{{Kenton County, Kentucky}}

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[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Kenton County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Sundown towns in Kentucky]]